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woza17 · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 602 Location: china

The third week of summer camp and the kids are getting bored. I made pizzas in the classroom and the kids loved it. We made the dough, and I was lucky enough to find mozzarella cheese. I had the kids chop up the vegetables. I made the tomato suace at home. After I showed tham how to make a pizza,., I let them go for it, they were great and it kept them entertained for 3 hours and twenty pizzas later.

Anyone out there working at a Summer camp and do they have any good ideas they would like to share?
Cheers carol

Cobra · Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 436

Put them in a burlap sack, tie the top securely, and throw it in the river.

chinasyndrome · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 10:24 am Post subject:

Hi Carol,

Do they have to be food-based activities? Can you do things like painting and paper mache?

Cobra · Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 436

ChinaDrone you just have no sense of humor!!!

Or, you are so adept at flaming that you see red in everything. The above quote was in response to your post but of course we do not want Carol to know that now, do we?

Last summer my class made dumplings and I threw them all away after tasting one!

Bet you thought I meant put the kids in the bag. You are a perverted soul.

Minhang Oz · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 610 Location: Shanghai,ex Guilin

Carol,

You could AFFORD Mozzarella?
You found enough oven space?
And the kids didn't all run out for noodles afterwards?

If so, all power to you!

Cobra · Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 436

Well it looks like I am hanging in the air talking to myself. I was replying to a Chinasyndrome post that he either deleted or someone deleted for him. Oh well ......

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

Chinese kids DON'T LIKE MOZZARELLA!
It is cheese, I mean: CHEESE!

No wonder, English is so boring during summer camp!

woza17 · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 602 Location: china

Hold the phone guys
my kids loved the cheese, mozzarella, low on flavour but a great texture.
the other foreign teachers kept sniffing around the classroom to get a free feed. That night I had the adult class over for dinner 25 of them and I kept the pizza theme running, a great success. They brought me some great prezzies, Last lesson was from Interchange about, my teacher has invited me to dinner what should I bring, a small gift is expected.
Five kilos of mozzarella cheese cost me 180rmb, fed 50 people and I still have some left over for a big lasagne.
I have a dual purpose oven which can fit an entree size plate, cost me 500rmb, a Galanz.
We have done paper mache, I also got lots of offcuts and stuff from a shoe factory where I teach, really good stuff for handcrafts.
Picnic and waterpark tomorrow.
Cheers carol

Cobra · Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 436

Another happy ESL teacher in China!!!! Keep up the fun!!!!

chinasyndrome · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 11:42 am Post subject:

Carol, what kinds of activities are you looking for? Do they have to be for large groups or can you split the class into smaller ones? Try this link. There are some good ideas here. http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/index.html

senor boogie woogie · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 3:12 am Post subject: Where was the oven?

Hola,

Where did you get an oven to make the pizzas? Ovens are few and far between here, although I did see one in a nice foreigner neighborhood house in Shanghai.

SENOR

woza17 · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 602 Location: china

hi Senor
I don't know where you are based, but this is a Chinese produced oven, a Galanz, its wicked and only 500 rmb. I am doing this with my adult classes next wek they are wetting themselves over it. I love cooking and I would feel the same if a Chinese cook taught me something about Chinese cooking.